أمامك الدنيا ترهق القلب والعقلا

أمامك الدنيا ترهق القلب والعقلا

 فيا خاطري رفقًا وناظري مهلا

فيا خاطري رفقًا وناظري مهلا

The world before you exhausts the heart and mind.

The world lies heavy on heart and mind

So, O my mind, be gentle; and you, my eye, take your time.

My soul, be gentle, my eyes, slow down

تحير فيها المصلحون وأعجزت

تحير فيها المصلحون وأعجزت

 نهى الفيلسوف الفذ والشاعر الفحلا

نهى الفيلسوف الفذ والشاعر الفحلا

Reformers have been bewildered by it, and it has baffled

The reformers are confused by it and it has defeated

the exceptional philosopher’s intellect and the masterful poet.

The eminent philosopher and the master poet

طلاسم تعيي الفكر فهمًا فينحني

طلاسم تعيي الفكر فهمًا فينحني

 خضوعا لها مهما تكبر واستعلى

خضوعا لها مهما تكبر واستعلى

Enigmas defy the mind’s understanding, so it bows

Its talismans weary the intellect, so it bows down

in submission to them, however much it grows proud and exalts itself.

Submissively to it, no matter how haughty it becomes

يعيش بها الإنسان طفلًا وإن بدا

يعيش بها الإنسان طفلًا وإن بدا

 لعينيه كهلًا ثم يتركها طفلا

لعينيه كهلًا ثم يتركها طفلا

A human being lives in it as a child, even if he seems

Man lives in it as a child, and though

middle-aged in his own eyes; then he leaves it a child.

It seems to his eyes he's grown old, he leaves it a child

إلى قوله:ولذ بحِمَى الإيمان وارض بما قضى

إلى قوله:ولذ بحِمَى الإيمان وارض بما قضى

 به الله واعلم أن حكمته أعلى

به الله واعلم أن حكمته أعلى

Up to his words: And seek refuge in faith’s sanctuary, and be content with what has been decreed

To His saying: Find solace in the heat of faith, accept what

by God; and know that His wisdom is supreme.

God has ordained, know that His wisdom is supreme

فللدين فضل في الحياة لأنها

فللدين فضل في الحياة لأنها

 بغير الهدى تغدو جحيمًا به نصلى

بغير الهدى تغدو جحيمًا به نصلى

So religion has value in life, for it,

So religion has virtue in life, for without guidance

without guidance, becomes a hell in which we burn.

It becomes a hell - for this we pray

وثق أن من أعطى الحياة جمالها

وثق أن من أعطى الحياة جمالها

 وأقواتها لم يهمل الدود والنملا

وأقواتها لم يهمل الدود والنملا

And trust that He who gave life its beauty

Trust that He who gave life its beauty

and its sustenance has not neglected the worms and the ants.

And its sustenance did not neglect the worm or the ant